World Cup Pre-Match

Canada played a World Cup warm-up match against the US at BC Place Saturday prior to the Rugby World championships.

The match was played in front of a fair size crowd that saw Canada get one of it’s better performances for a final warm-up prior to the start of the World Rugby Cup in Japan.

Canada is ranked 22nd and will play four (4) game’s opening with #14 ranked Italy, September 26th at Fukuoka Hakata Omori No Mori.

They will take on #2 ranked New Zealand October 2nd at Oita Stadium, Oita Prefecture, the #4 ranked South Africa October 8th at Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe City followed by a match against the #12 ranked team Namibia October 12th at Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium, Iwate

The match at BC Place was the first of three exhibition matches in preparation of the World Rugby Cup for Canada.

Canada opens scoring on a run by Peter Nelson 1:31 in the match as well and the convert giving them the early 7-0 lead over their American rivals.

The scrums saw Canada use smart ball movement as they converted another try from the edge of the goal line by Peter Nelson that saw them take a 12-0 lead.